Legislators press buttons to vote on Convention 105 on June 8 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has sent its congratulationsto Vietnam after the 14th National Assembly (NA) adopted a resolution ratifyingthe country’s membership of the Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour (Convention105), with 94.82 percent of delegates voting in favour at the ongoing ninth sessionon June 8.
The move brings the number of ILO conventions Vietnam has adopted to seven outof eight.
Director of the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department Corinne Vargha said“Through this ratification, Vietnam is demonstrating its firm commitment tocombating forced labour in all its forms. This ratification is all the moreimportant since the ILO’s global estimates show the urgency of adoptingimmediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour.”
Moreover, by ratifying the Convention 105, Vietnam is moving ahead towards the achievementof decent work and the delivering at the country-level of the 2030 UNSustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG target 8.7, Vargha said.
Country Director of the ILO in Vietnam Chang-hee Lee said the VietnameseGovernment and social partners have been exerting consistent efforts inbettering its legal framework to pave the way for Vietnam to move towards anupper-middle income nation in a sustainable manner.
Estimates from the ILO show that out of the 24.9 million people trapped inforced labour, 16 million are exploited in the private sector, such as domesticwork, construction, and agriculture; 4.8 million are in forced sexualexploitation; and 4 million are in forced labour imposed by state authorities.
Forced labour in the private economy generates 150 billion USD in illegalprofits each year.
The Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour was adopted by the ILO inGeneva on June 25, 1957. It is one of two ILO conventions against forcedlabour, along with Convention 29, to which Vietnam joined in 2007./.
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